I'll not deny that many Republicans have no guts and will not balk against certain voting groups or even the Media because they are fearful of their influence on elections upcoming. That said, with regards to the current topic and Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment I will only say there are provisions in place, in our own Constitution, by which someone who wants to alter, modify, or change the Constitution can do so. There is an amendment process and that is the avenue that people should choose.
Attempting to circumvent that Constitutional amendment process/provision by Executive Order, Congressional Legislation or worse Advocate Judges and Courts is UnConstitutional and dangerous to our freedom and dangerous to our Nation.
If you want to alter, modify, or change the 2nd Amendment then do it by the Constitutionally prescribed method and if you lose you lose if you win you win. Otherwise, you risk, or liberals risk, another (un)Civil War among our citizens. If you have the government moving to remove guns from citizens ownership by any other method than what is constitutional then you will have anarchy, war, and extreme violence amongst the citizens. I even believe if the 2nd Amendment was removed by the constitutional means that you would have some people that would still resist but nothing to the degree that you would have if they did it by Executive Order, Congress, or the Courts.